Each year, students that work with Vanderbilt’s Energy, Environment & Land Use (EELU) program routinely publish articles in a variety of related fields, and 2025 was no exception.
Trip Johnson ’25 authored “Climate Action’s Antitrust Paradox,” to be published in the Environmental Law Reporter. Originally written for Professor Michael Vandenbergh’s course “Environmental Law II: Private Environmental Governance Seminar,” the paper earned Johnson the Weldon B. White Prize, awarded for the submitting the best paper in fulfillment of Vanderbilt Law School’s advanced writing requirement.
Kyle Blasinsky, JD/PhD ’26, published four articles:
- “Analysis of Environmental Law Scholarship 2022-2024” (The Environmental Law Reporter)
- “Cities on Offense: Why Cities Bring Suit and What States Should Do About It” (Penn State Law Review)
- “Ratemaking’s Trilemma and the Case for Time-Based Electricity Rates” (UC Law Environmental Journal)
- “Greening the Supply Chain: Financial Tools to Catalyze Decarbonization by Small Businesses” (Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Forthcoming)
Sydney Schoonover, JD/PhD ’27, published two articles:
- “Reconciling Regulatory Impact Analyses and Agencies’ Statutory Mandates for Environmental Regulations under Loper Bright”, co-authored with W. Kip Viscusi, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management
Co-Director, Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt Law School (Environmental Law, forthcoming) - “Equitable Assignment of Standing for Intergenerational and International Environmental Policies”, co-authored with Professor Viscusi (Arizona Law Review, forthcoming)
